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From: ganns@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: tortoises
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 08:54:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 12 08:54:33 1985
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Many years ago when my family lived in Savannah we had gopher tortoises
in our yard. They live in burrows that they dig down under the flower
beds, and come out to graze on the lawn. They were very docile and would
eat lettuce out of your hand. They will wander off, though, and will come
to grief if not kept in the yard. One of ours got out of the yard and
was run over by a car. They can dig under fences, so If I were going to
have them, I would bury a cinder block barrier for a couple of feet below
the bottom of the yard fence to keep them in. The ones we had were about
a foot in diameter.